Tag: Joy

Opening to Joy

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Our theme for exploration this month is “Opening to Joy.” December is the month where we are most likely to feel pressure to be cheerful, to smile for the camera, go to parties, decorate, give gifts… but we can go through those motions without experiencing any joy at all. If we are depressed, grieving, stressed … Continue reading Opening to Joy

An Ode to Joy

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What is joy, and where does it come from? Is it necessarily fleeting, a height we cannot realistically hope to maintain, or can it be a daily disposition, the ground in which we plant ourselves? I believe that joy – both the dizzying kind and the more ordinary experiences of happiness and contentment – is a side effect of … Continue reading An Ode to Joy